I’ve always wondered why they don’t put some sort of protective grating over intakes like that. At the very least it’d keep birds/detritus/assorted shit out of the engine. Anyone know why they don’t?

Yeah...I sometimes type in a stream-o-consciousness sort of way, which means I end up writing shit that makes no sense to anyone but me and sometimes allows auto-correct/complete to screw me over...speaking of, “To me” not “Too me.” I should’ve just said, “I own a Wrangler.” but I so dislike that name. It always makes…

To each their own... Thankfully, “I know what I know and I’ll sing what I’ve said.”

Too me, a “Jeep” is what’s now called the Wrangler (which is such a stupid name). All the other stuff with “Jeep” written on it is a Grand Cherokee or a Cherokee or a Liberty &etc.

My daily driver is a late-nineties Mirage sedan, and it’s an unstoppable force unto itself. Mitsu used to be pretty awesome. When they weren’t being all EVO, they were still being super-reliable, decently fun and mostly attractive. It honestly makes me a bit sad to view their current state.

Honestly, just as I don’t get irrational brand loyalties, I don’t understand the whole, “Crap on (insert nationalistic/jingoistic slur here). I enjoy cool autos regardless of their nation of creation, but my idea of cool doesn’t always jive with the mainstream. I’m ok with that.

“...in the ‘90s (yes, the apostrophe goes before the nine)...”

Whelp, I was wrong. Apparently there was only one A&S concept in the nineties (1999). Seems like it’s been around a lot longer than that. I maintain it’s still a 90's aesthetic though. We all know concepts and vehicles are designed years before they’re shown to the public. I had always figured that A&S and New Edge…

You do know that Caddie was putting out “Art & Science” concepts in the 90's, right? Regardless, “A&S” is a totally nineties aesthetic, along with Ford’s “New Edge,” heavily influenced by military stealth designs of the era.  

There’s a lot to like here, and I’m glad people are liking it, but I find it mostly ugly. I can’t get past the stupid front and rear light treatments, and other overwrought details, combined with the same ol’ tired-ass “Art & Science” cues. It’s like Cadillac is stuck in the 90's...but with some more holes cut into…

Plus, it’s the ugliest incarnation of the GC.

What else do you expect from a nation of status-seekers & “image-makers” who think “customizing” equates to bolt-on/stick-on bits? We’re all trying to be different & unique but in the least time-intensive and most generic & “me too” way possible.

I must’ve driven a different Soul...I came away thinking it was the most oxymoronic car name since the Pontiac LeMans.

I sure noticed when I test drove an FR-S back in 2012.

I had to take my test through high school driver’s ed using one of their cars, which was a K car of some sort, but I can’t remember exactly what. And that’s sad as fuck, I think. One of those seminal moments of modern life and I can’t even remember what make or model of car it was. Talk about a Meh Car. I mean, Dodge…

Nice! Sounds like it’s time for another test drive.

Honestly, the issue isn’t really so much the amount of power, but where that power’s at in the rev range. The notorious torque hole is just a killer and a fucking shame. It sucks because the idea was so good—using a small boxer to keep C0G low—but either the tuning or gearing is wrong (which one would think they…

This is an age-old struggle and debate. I still cringe every time I see a chopped, channeled and fucked with ‘37 Zephyr, but that’s what people did to them back in the day when they were plentiful. Now, if you find an unmolested Zephyr/enter your favorite classic here, for the love all that’s wholesome, please don’t…

Um, most rat-rods were rotted pieces of shit to begin with. That’s why they become rats and not restores or restomods. Very, very few people take a car worth restoring and turn it into a rat-rod.

I hear ya. There’s a lot to be said for a good rig that just does what it’s supposed to. I tend to appreciate & hang onto things that never let me down. I currently commute in a 20 year old shitbox—full of 5 row-your-own speeds and some 80+ furious horses—that’s well past its sell-by. I hate to admit that, so I keep…